The Company Nigel Wright's Supply Chain and Procurement Team are currently working exclusively with a leading North East Manufacturing business to recruit a Senior Indirect Buyer role for a period of c14 - 16 months. The Client will support 4 days' on site working and 1 day working from home. This is a salaried role, latest start April 2025. The Opportunity Reporting into the Head of Department and working within a collaborative team, the Senior Indirect Buyer will be responsible for: Managing Plant Capex, MRO, H&S, Construction-, Manufacturing-, Engineering Services across multiple UK sites Partnering with key senior stakeholders, reviewing and consolidating spend Designing Category Strategy - Spend/supplier analysis, developing category business plans Collaborating closely with internal stakeholders to ensure early involvement of Procurement in Capex project activity Running tenders through to award and contract negotiation, - implementation supporting key strategic projects Supplier performance management About You The ideal Senior Indirect Buyer will have/be: Proven strategic procurement track record within Indirect categories (in particular FM and/or TFM agreements beneficial) Indirect Category management experience/contract management experience essential Strong negotiation skills, cost analysis, commercially astute Experienced in negotiating agreements/SLAs, with a good understanding of contractual terms Proactive, resilient, assertive, able to hit ground running Strengths in building relationships externally//internally - confident to challenge Team player, flexible to changing priorities and able to work at pace For further details of this exciting new challenge, please do not hesitate to get in contact.